Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-24
sUGLAND's SUICIDE.
How re Killed Himself and why
lie Did Uf.

sue, anu JoIu OHlcef Coolidge, VINO Just
then came in, to speak to Sclectman c. A.
Boyden. Mr.. Boyden was close at hand
and came at once and cut down the body,
Mr.. Coolidge assisting while Mr.. Herrick
ran for a doctor. There was Il hutter Of
life in the pulse and one or two gasps for
breath. DIR. Tucker soon came, but life
was extinct, though the natural warmth
still remained. 1t proved that Sugland had
torn strip off one of the heavy army
blankets on his bed. twisted it into "a rope.
passed it over one of the stout oak stats
which formed the roof Of his cell or cage.
and then got up on his chair and adjusted
the moose around his neck and stepped OIL.
There was sufficient height so that his feet
hung clear Of the floor Death was by suf
location.
The Reasons for the Suicide.
In order 10 state intelligibly the reasons
which probably induced Sugland 10 take
his own life it is necessary to refer at some
length to Jacob Cartledge, the black man
whose unsatisfactory testimony on the wit
ness stand on Tuesday and Wednesday is
alluded 10 in our report Of the testimony.
1t was so evident that this man knew more
than he would tell that he was locked up
by the authorities To await developments
after he came off the witness stand on
Wednesday. During the afternoon he sent
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